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con⋅flate

  [kuhn-fleyt]
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–verb (used with object), -flat⋅ed, -flat⋅ing.
to fuse into one entity; merge: to conflate dissenting voices into one protest.
Origin:
1600–10; < L conflātus, ptp. of conflāre to fuse together, equiv. to con- con- + flāre to blow 2
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con·flate   (kən-flāt')   
tr.v.   con·flat·ed, con·flat·ing, con·flates

  1. To bring together; meld or fuse: "The problems [with the biopic] include . . . dates moved around, lovers deleted, many characters conflated into one" (Ty Burr).

  2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.


[Latin cōnflāre, cōnflāt- : com-, com- + flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]
con·fla'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

conflate 
1541, from L. conflat-, pp. stem of conflare "to blow together," also "to melt together," from con- "with" + flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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